Theodore Roosevelt's time in Cuba makes him an American hero, and many at home urge him to run for Governor of New York. He is elected governor in 1898, and soon begins to implement progressive ...

On his return from Cuba, Theodore Roosevelt ran successfully for governor of New York in the election of 1898, and two years later was tapped at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia ...

His Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in 1906, for his work in settling the Russian-Japanese War. He was the first American to ...

Theodore Roosevelt came to the presidency intent on ... Fearing the danger of Spanish control of Cuba, TR advocated war against Spain -- he even presented a written war plan to McKinley, which ...

The silver pocket watch was a prized possession of Theodore Roosevelt, a keepsake given to ... with him at the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War and during future ...

Challenges “Lose no time coming” was the message to Theodore Roosevelt as President McKinley lay dying from ... However, as he knew from first-hand experience fighting in Cuba during the War of 1898, ...

His father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., was a descendant of the ... later to be known as the "Rough Riders," whose exploits in Cuba became the stuff of national legend. Roosevelt returned as a war ...

Theodore Roosevelt embraced a belief throughout his entire adult life that America was destined to be a major player in world affairs. Roosevelt was fond of saying that America should “speak softly, ...

Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt, at 42 ... With the assistance of U.S. troops, Cuba casts off Spanish rule and becomes an independent republic. Ida Minerva Tarbell publishes her serial ...